Posts tagged women

• 14 May

  Blog: Veracifier

  Obama to female reporter: Hold on, Sweetie

  This is the second time Obama has called a woman "sweetie" on the trail. The first time, it was a factory worker in Pa. This time, it was a reporter in West Virginia. Earth to Obama, that's not going to score you any points with Hillary voters, a.k.a the ones you will need in the fall. Read more her

• 14 May

  Blog: Veracifier

  Clinton's generational movement

  I was browsing the LA Times the other day, and came across this story about Hillary Clinton and the women who support her. We talk all the time about the new voters Barack Obama has brought in, but an underreported story is the new voters Clinton has brought in, many of whom are women. The historic

• 16 Jan

  Blog: Veracifier

  Women Are Never Front-Runners

  All this talk of Hillary today reminds me of an op-ed in last week's New York Times that one of my friends passed along to me - one by Gloria Steinem. If you haven't read it yet, take this opportunity to do so. While we're busy throwing around terms like the "race" and "gender card," it's importa

• 02 Jan

  Blog: Veracifier

  Can A Woman Be a Good President? The Kids Don't Think So

  2007 is beginning to look a lot like 1977. At least that’s what you’d think if you logged into Facebook this morning and were presented with a poll asking if a woman can be as effective a president as a man. Out of the 69,388 people who clicked and answered by midday, 21 percent said, “No,